SAA event in Chattogram, Purba Gujra Union, Raozan Sub-District area, Bangladesh on Mon 5th January 2026

On January 5,a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal (JD), the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jane Alam Sikder, former Joint Convener of the JD’s Purba Gujra Union unit, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Purba Gujra Union of Raozan Upazila in Chattogram District, reportsThe Daily Star. Police indicated the killing may be linked to a longstanding intra-party factional rivalry within the BNP in Raozan. Police stated that Sikder was known as a follower of Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury, a BNP-nominated candidate from Raozan. Party leaders and activists are split between supporters of Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury and those aligned with Golam Akbar Khondkar, former convener of BNP's north district unit. Authorities noted that 14 murders occurred in the Upazila over the past year, seven politically motivated, all involving firearms.